Siemens recently outlined a plan to launch its private 5G offering in the U.S., Canada and six new European countries. The company is seeking to meet rising demand for high grade connectivity in order to better support industrial AI adoption.
The addition of Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Norway, Poland, the U.S. and the UK take the company’s private 5G footprint to 15 countries across Europe and the Americas.
U.S. availability is scheduled for the coming months through a dedicated CBRS-band radio unit designed for on-premises deployments.
Siemens noted the broader expansion is supported by two new radio units covering the 3.8GHz to 4.2GHz range and the U.S.-specific spectrum band, enabling manufacturers to run private 5G networks independently on their own sites.
The company identified a range of sectors as potential users including manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, food and beverage, and heavy industry.
Siemens highlighted it had upgraded its 5G routers with edge runtime capability, enabling applications to run directly on device rather than through additional hardware to support real-time processing for AI workloads.
The vendor positioned its moves as responding to a trend of rising data traffic linked to industrial AI deployments, arguing unlicensed Wi-Fi spectrum is vulnerable to congestion in dense industrial environments.
Siemens stated its private 5G infrastructure, operating on licensed spectrum, offers more reliable performance for critical use cases.
Axel Lorenz, CEO of process automation, said “the industrial world deserves a 5G solution that speaks its language”.
Source: Mobile World Live
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